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The Deipnosophists; or, Banquet of the Learned of Athenæus, Vol. 1 (of 3)

Note 161:1 — BOOK III.—EPITOME.

Charles Duke Yonge translation

The pun in the original cannot be preserved in a translation. The Greek word for paunch is μήτρα.

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